Data privacy class action firm Edelson P.C. is seeking to control 40 class actions, potentially worth huge money, against 23andMe for allegedly allowing genetic info to be stolen in a data breach. In a new filing, Edelson is asking courts to reconsider how they decide which lawyers should lead
Medline has been hit with numerous lawsuits accusing the company of emitting too much EtO, which the lawsuits allege increased cancer risk among those living nearby, since 2019, and claims it has reached a settlement through mediation with attorneys from the firm of Edelson P.C., which is representing the 'vast majority' of plaintiffs
A federal judge rejected Smith & Wesson's claims the lawsuits vs the gun maker represent an attempt by anti-gun activists to sidestep federal law and restrict Second Amendment rights
Lawyers stand to get 35% of the funds. Individual payouts will vary by state, and whether claimants can prove someone searched their name and then bought a subscription with one of the online people search companies
Facing a plague of surging and ever-rising auto thefts, the city of Chicago has partnered with class action firm Edelson to seek potentially massive payday from Kia and Hyundai, saying the automakers' refusal to install certain anti-theft devices in cars from 2011-2022 led to viral video-driven theft scourge
RocketReach was accused of violating the Illinois Right of Publicity Act by using the names and contact information of "decision makers" to sell subscriptions and other services
A 2018 class action lawsuit, which centered on allegations of child sexual abuse against volleyball coach Rick Butler, ended with a victory for Butler. The coach and his family say the lawsuit should have never been filed.
A renewed screening and claim review process resulted in the addition of nearly 167,000 new claimants to the settlement class, dropping the per person payment, which had initially been estimated at $200-$400, from $154 to $95 per person
The lawsuit, led by a user of the OfferUp resale app, alleged Onfido's facial recognition technology violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act because the company did not get consent or provide users with notices before scanning their faces on photos and IDs uploaded to verify user identities
A woman is arguing a group of lawyers who collected $35 million for pressing a biometric privacy class action against Google, are trying to deny thousands of Google Photo users from their much smaller cut of the settlement.
Jumio settled a similar complaint in 2020 for $7M, but the new complaint said they didn't change the alleged behavior that allegedly led to the first lawsuit
Without action from the court, claims from class members could be "denied solely because they do not check their spam folder on Thanksgiving," wrote an objector in a new motion that has put the settlement on hold
Gunmaker said the class action complaints, which were filed in Lake County Circuit Court, hinge on the definition of "machine gun" under federal law and firearm regulations
State Rep. Jonathan Carroll, D-Northbrook, was accused last year of using his office to allegedly threaten a prominent class action law firm engaged in a court fight with a legal team that included his now-estranged wife over the fate of $30 million in attorney fees from a $92 million settlement with TikTok. He is now accused of firing a female staffer after she allegedly refused requests to terminate her pregnancy
The lawsuits build on the campaign to use such litigation to make gun manufacturers liable for the criminal actions of others using firearms the manufacturers have made
Google has agreed to pay $100 million to end a sprawling class action under Illinois' biometrics privacy law, bringing about $200-$400 each to an estimated 280,000 Illinois residents. The lawyers who led the lawsuit want 40% of the settlement
The Hyatt hotel chain agreed in January to pay $1.1 million to settle a class action lawsuit over worker fingerprint scans. But the hotelier wants a judge to let it keep suing its timeclock supplier, who Hyatt says actually allegedly violated Illinois' biometrics privacy law
